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DrPresident
DrPresident

Reputation: 7

Libraries neccessary to install lua not installing

I am running Debian Jessie and i was trying to learn how to embed Lua as a scripting language into a c++ program, but when i use apt to install lua i do not get the libraries "lua.h", "luaxlib.h", or "lualib.h" and i haven't found any answers when going through forums and such. I have done both 

sudo apt-get install lua50
sudo apt-get install lua5.2

and they say i already have them up to date and upgraded, but i do not get the lua C API which is what i need at this point. I also do not know the difference between those two packages so any explanation over that would be greatly appreciated

Upvotes: 0

Views: 329

Answers (1)

Etan Reisner
Etan Reisner

Reputation: 81052

lua.h, lauxlib.h, and lualib.h are not "libraries" they are header files and they would be contained in the -devel versions of the packages.

You aren't missing "the lua C api" you are missing the header files you need to compile your own C code against the lua api (because you lack the definitions of the api functions, etc.).

The difference between those packages is the version of lua involved.

lua50 is likely lua 5.0. lua5.2 is going to be lua 5.2. They are (very) different versions of the language.

Upvotes: 3

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